Compound monocular microscope

Made:: 1820-1850 in London

maker:: John Charles Dennis

Compound monocular microscope, hinged on folding tripod foot
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Compound monocular microscope, hinged on folding tripod foot, by John Charles Dennis, Bishopsgate Street, London, England, 1820-1850.

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A56513

Materials:: body tube, brass, bnody tube support, brass, pillar, brass, stage, brass, base, brass and lenses, glass

Measurements:: overall: height 435 mm
body tube: length 250 mm
body tube: diameter 44 mm
pillar: length 175 mm
longest foot: length 125 mm
stage: length 45 mm
stage: width 57 mm
stage: height 40 mm
body tube support, shortest: length 127 mm
body tube support, extension: length 88 mm

type:: compound monocular microscopes

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